Just Passing Through

Explores the many ways people face life's troubles. Though scientific ideas have forced their way into some of these stories, the focus is on the characters' lives: A loving mother dictates her son's life as a despot, a priest discovers he has sinned, two recent widowers find their mutual attraction disturbing, a watchmaker learns the exact date of his death, a man sees the world collapsing and cannot decide if he is hallucinating or losing his mind; perhaps he can reverse the collapse, beings from a distant planet plan to settle on earth. Several stories are nonfictional, personal memoirs.